Chester’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Chester. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Chester Township was established as a separate political entity on April 1, 1799, including the area of both the Township and the downtown settlement which came to be the borough. The Borough of Chester was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 3, 1930, based on the results of a referendum held on April 25, 1930, and is today a separate municipality surrounded entirely by Chester Township.
The borough's name is derived from the township, which was named for Cheshire in England.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Chester’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chester’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view54220.BB#001--Chester Yards--Ches…, 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Chester, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Chester
2 places in Chester are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 54220.BB#001--Chester Yards--Chester, NJ [1910.06.07] (1910) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.